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"Even though God has given the gift of time to all men equally, it is what each man does with this equal gift of time that determines whether or not he will be great."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Equality, Gift, Time, Equal, Choice

"No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Equality, America, Battle, Dying, Fighting

"If only one generation takes action in raising their children as humans, rather than raising boys and girls, the future human civilization shall get rid of the sinister phenomenon of misogyny sooner than you can imagine."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Inspirational, Future, Truth, Wisdom

"In November 2011, San Francisco magazine ran a story on female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and illustrated it by superimposing the featured women's heads onto male bodies. The only body type they could imagine for successful entrepreneurship was wearing a tie or a hoodie. Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Equality, Female Entrepreneurs, Perception, Stereotypes

"Sometimes she would be engaged in a laboratory exercise or a seminar when the instructor would say, "Gentlemen, let's proceed," and sensing Ellie's frown would add, "Sorry, Miss Arroway, but I think of you as one of the boys." The highest compliment they were capable of paying was that in their minds she was not overtly female."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Equality, Gender, Respect, Recognition

"Women are no sheep."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Equality, Feminism, Truth, Power, Life

"I am not red or blue. I am red, white and blue. Those are the same colors in my body (my heart, blood and veins). I am only human, and the human race is the only race in which I am an active participant - mind, body and soul."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Equality, Humanity, Unity, Identity

"No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Equality, Women, Power, Pen

"Woman cannot be free until man's mind is liberated from the megalomania! His self-exaltation is the mother of the gender inequalities. Till we eliminate his exacerbated narcissism, woman will remain unfree!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Equality, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men."

bell hooks, American Critic

Equality, Gender, Critique, Culture

Explore more quotes by George Smathers

"I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier."

Character

"The outcome can truly determine whether our homes will be destroyed, whether our children will be torn from their mothers, trained as conspirators and turned against their parents, their home and their church."

Home

"Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon."

Fun

"Don't look at the downside of everything that comes along. It helps life move along so much smoother and nicer."

Life

"Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they're going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?"

Friendship

"The people of our state will no longer tolerate advocates of treason."

People

"But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state."

Family

"Of the fellows least likely to be president, you'd have to vote Jack No. 1."

President

"I don't believe in social equality, and they know it."

Equality